Lou Piniella drove in two runs with a double in the eighth inning to enable the Royals to defeat the Orioles, 2-0, behind the pitching of Dick Drago. With two out in the eighth, Amos Otis singled, John Mayberry walked and both then scored on Piniella's two-bagger off Dave McNally. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      13, 1973 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White ss              4   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Bumbry lf             4   0   3   0     0   1   .299
Rojas 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Coggins rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Otis cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .289      Davis dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Mayberry 1b           2   1   0   0     2   0   .308      Powell 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .238
Piniella lf           4   0   2   2     0   0   .230      Williams c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .204
Wohlford dh           3   0   1   0     1   1   .243      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Schaal 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Bevacqua rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .294        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Hovley rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Robinson 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Healy c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .224      Belanger ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Drago p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McNally p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   6   2     8   3             Totals               31   0   8   0     3   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  8,059
Left on Base: Royals 9, Orioles 7
DP: Royals 1, Orioles 3
Doubles: Piniella (9)
Caught Stealing: Blair (4), Powell (2)
GIDP: Piniella (10), Mayberry (2), Rojas (8), Coggins (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Drago W(6-5)            9     8   0   0   3   3   0  34   4.22
Totals                  9     8   0   0   3   3   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McNally L(5-8)          7.2   6   2   2   7   3   0  33   2.45
Reynolds                1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.45
Totals                  9     6   2   2   8   3   0  38

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: White flied out to right; Rojas flied out to left;
Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Coggins singled
to right; Davis forced Coggins (shortstop to second); Powell
walked [Davis to second]; Williams forced Powell (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Piniella
singled to center; Wohlford struck out; Schaal walked [Piniella
to second]; Bevacqua forced Schaal (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich walked; Blair grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Grich to second]; Robinson grounded out (third to first);
Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Healy flied out to center; White struck out; Rojas
singled to left; Otis forced Rojas (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry singled to right; Coggins singled to right
[Bumbry to third, Coggins out at second (right to third to
second)]; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Piniella grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Mayberry out at second];
Wohlford singled to shortstop; Schaal forced Wohlford (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Williams struck out; Grich grounded out (third to
first); Blair singled to center; Blair was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Healy singled to
center; White forced Healy (shortstop to second); Rojas popped
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson flied out to center; Belanger singled to
center; Bumbry singled to center [Belanger to second]; Coggins
grounded out (first unassisted) [Bumbry to second, Belanger to
third]; Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis walked; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to pitcher) [Otis out at second]; Piniella
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Powell walked; Powell was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Williams flied out to left; Grich struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford flied out to left; Schaal popped to third
in foul territory; Bevacqua walked; Healy struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson
popped to first in foul territory; Belanger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 8TH: White walked; Rojas grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; Otis
singled to left; Mayberry walked [Otis to second]; Piniella
doubled to right [Mayberry scored, Otis scored]; Wohlford
walked; REYNOLDS REPLACED MCNALLY (PITCHING); Schaal forced
Wohlford (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry singled to shortstop; Coggins grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bumbry out at
second]; Davis singled to left; Powell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Bevacqua grounded out (first to pitcher); Healy
walked; White flied out to left; Rojas forced Healy (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: HOVLEY REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING RF); Williams
flied out to center; Grich popped to shortstop; CROWLEY BATTED
FOR BLAIR; Crowley popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Orioles 0.